[AISWorld] Junior Faculty Positions in Information Systems (IS)

[Siponen, Mikko]

University of Jyväskylä
Junior Faculty Positions in Information Systems (IS)

Deadline: The closing date for the application is April 29th, 2018.

Description:
The faculty of IT is seeking qualified applicants for 1-4 junior faculty positions.  The University of Jyväskylä system systems has three levels: 1) Assistant professor (also called as post-doctoral research fellow)-> 2) Associate professor-> 3) Professor.

We have now opening at the level 1. The Finnish title of the position is “tutkijatohtori”. Starting date is 2018, the position is up to four years. Candidates must have a doctoral degree in IS or a closely related discipline, and a demonstrated capability for research excellence and high quality teaching.  The selected candidates will be expected to publish in the Basket of 6(8) IS journals, such as MISQ, ISR, JAIS, JMIS, EJIS and ISJ. The positions are subject to final budgetary approval by the University.

The teaching load is attractive: typically one per whole academic year.
Moreover, we match the teaching with the competences and interests of the faculty members.

About the Faculty (School) of IT

The Faculty of IT has strong research areas in Scientific Computing and Information Systems.Cyber security is one of the strategic profiling areas of the university of Jyväskylä.

IS Faculty members have published their research in leading Information Systems journals, such as MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research,Journal of Management Information Systems, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, European Journal of Information Systems, and others. Faculty members hold editorial positions in reputable IS journals. The department has very strong connections to industry. Data collection opportunities with companies are outstanding.


About Jyväskylä and the University of Jyväskylä:

Jyväskylä is located in Central Finland in the western part of the Finnish Lakeland. It is the largest city in central Finland. The hilly terrain in Jyväskylä is surrounded by hundreds of lakes.

University of Jyväskylä is a research-oriented university. The department of Computer Science and Information Systems belongs to the Faculty of Information Technology, which is the largest and oldest in Finland in its branch. Information systems science has been taught at the University of Jyväskylä since 1967. The Department of Computer Science and Information systems is located in the new Mattilanniemi campus, at the lake (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ylisto_silta.jpg).

The following video shows the campus and student life (it is made for Finnish Bachelor and Master students).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PLJB-yDPak&sns=em

For enquiries about the positions, please contact the Vice Dean for Research, Professor Mikko Siponen  mikko.t.siponen at jyu.fi<mailto:mikko.t.siponen at jyu.fi>.


The application along with the required attachments should be sent by using the electronic application form on the University website. The link is:

https://rekry.saima.fi/certiahome/application_edit_welcome.html?field_id=0&job_name=1-4+Postdoctoral+researcher&job_id=5067&jc=12&lang=en&place_id=53&did=5600

According to the Finnish law, non-native faculty members can be granted an exemption from the requirement of Finnish language proficiency. Good language skills in English are required.

Mikko Siponen
Ph.D., D.Soc.Sc.
Vice Dean for Research
Professor of Information Systems
University of Jyväskylä
Tel. +358 505588128